welcome. i m paula newton. passing this budget agreement was critical. the stakes could not have been higher. president biden speaking to the nation sharing credit for the budget deal and showcasing his brand as a deal maker. we ll look at whether it will impact his approval rating. hello, south carolina. the 2024 race is full steam ahead as a parade of republican presidential candidates make their way through early voting states. the latest on the war words and what it says about that race. sblmpblts and we ll have a live report on the deadly train crash as the search for survivors continues. we do begin this hour in washington where president biden is expected to sign the debt ceiling bill in the law in the coming hours. that will end the political d drama that gripped congress and the nation for weeks. now just 48 hours ago, there were doubts that the highly contentious bill would survive in congress, but it did. last night the president spoke from the oval offic